Quote Originally Posted by Louis VI the Fat View Post
No. No, the measure of democracy, it's true worth, is that in a democracy no minority is oppressed. Democracy means the exact opposite of its common definition: democracy is not majority rule, but minority rights. The entire point of clumsy, cumbersome democracy is that the voices of all are heard, that no majority can trample any minority, that even a minority consisting of one sibngle person still enjoys rights.
No, that would be French Republicanism, and it would be great if that system worked. Democracy is rule of the people by majority vote, it's what Switzerland has, which is why Switzerland banned minarets almost by accident.


As I am not a bird I must be a frog.

A frog is green. The Amazon rainforest is green. Ergo, I am the Amazon rainforest.

The EU is an oligarchy ruled by a distant elite who consider themselves to be above the Plebs and not truly answerable to them; but because they fear the mob we have assemblies and mock-tribunes.

Sounds pretty Roman to me - pretty sure the Senate never signed off on the Emperor's accounts either.




*increases taxes to hire the extra staff needed to cope with the extra workload of this increased taxation*